Academic English

Academic Research Writing in English

This online course is designed to help you understand the basic principles of academic research writing and how these principles are enacted in academic research writing. You will be able to see published academic research writing from a writer’s point of view and to strategically decipher how that writing is used to accomplish specific purposes.

Next Course Offering: Spring 2018

Course Goals

In this course, you will develop an understanding of the core principles that provide the foundation for academic research writing in most fields/disciplines. You will develop the ability to notice and decipher how writers demonstrate these core principles in their academic research writing. You will learn to see academic research writing as a highly structured and purposeful act. You will develop the ability to notice and decipher the purposes behind the writing choices of academic research writers.